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pot

pot

121 3.2
The total money players bet in a card game like poker
  • noun
  • /pɑt/
  • Jargon
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  • After much suspense, the dealer revealed the winner of the pot at the poker table.
  • a pot of money
  • a big pot

So that your fear when you're playing out of pot.

Examples

  • DEALER: Mr. Maverick wins the pot.

  • "Full house," Chick says, and rakes in the pot before he sees my cards.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • No one's there with a big money pot for you.

  • You then get the pot of cash, go to a pub.

  • Just 200 for the pot.

  • Does your previous winnings become part of that pot you can dig into?

  • They're getting up a pot for Martin's wife.

  • In the final round of the tournament, players were eager to win the pot worth thousands of dollars.

  • With each round, the pot grew larger, attracting more players looking to gamble.

Synonyms

pool
vspot
49 4.2

The total money bet by all players for the winner to take

is the same idea but specifically the central stake in card games like poker
kitty
vspot
22 4.9

Money collected from a group for a game or to pay shared costs

is focused on bets players compete for in gambling rather than general group funds
pot of money
vspot
3 3.5

An amount of money saved or collected for a purpose

is the specific money players put their stakes into while playing a game

Idioms

to stir the pot
  • Informal
8 8.0

To cause trouble by saying things to make people argue

to go to pot
  • Informal
3 8.2

To become ruined or not cared for

1 7.2

To make people stay interested and active in a project

To say someone has a fault you also have

1 9.9

Tell someone in a rude way to decide now or stop wasting time

9.3

A person who slowly fails to notice danger until it is too late

Compounds

22 2.4

A large piece of beef slow cooked in liquid in a covered pot with vegetables like carrots and potatoes

melting pot
  • Informal
17 3.5

A place where people from different cultures mix and become one community

7 3.5

An electric pot that cooks food slowly at low heat

pot of gold
  • Informal
5 4.1

A reward that someone hopes to get but finds hard to reach

3 3.5

An amount of money saved or collected for a purpose

pot farm
  • NSFW
1 8.1

A place where people often secretly grow marijuana

1 2.8

A green plant people grow in a pot indoors to make a room look nicer

hot pot
  • UK
1 2.7

A stew of meat and potatoes cooked slowly in a covered pot

1 3.2

An electric pot that cooks food slowly for several hours

1 3.5

A basket placed in the sea to catch lobsters

1 4.6

A container made of strong heatproof material to make metal liquid

1 7.9

Liquid left in a pot after cooking vegetables or meat that is used as a base for soup

1 1.3

A container with a handle and a spout used to sprinkle water on plants

3.4

A dish cooked slowly in a slow cooker

dash-pot
  • Specialized
9.6

A device with a piston that moves through liquid or air to slow sudden movement in machines

3.5

A coffee pot that makes coffee by letting hot water slowly pass through ground coffee

refractory pot
  • Specialized
9.9

A small heatproof bowl made of bone ash to separate metals like gold or silver during testing

1.4

A small container with holes for sprinkling pepper onto food

7.2

A thick spicy soup with vegetables and cow stomach often served with dumplings

A spicy soup with cow tripe, vegetables, and pepper often with dumplings

9.9

A long feeling of being sorry for yourself and thinking only about your problems

7.0

A mild soft white cheese that comes from milk curds, often used as a spread or in cooking

pot furnace
  • Specialized
8.0

A large oven with several pots for melting glass

9.9

A tasty liquid left in a pot after cooking vegetables or meat

A common garden plant with bright yellow or orange flowers

A small aromatic garden herb used to flavor food like tomato sauce

pot metal
  • Specialized
7.9

Cheap mix of metals used to make low-cost items like pots

A French stew of beef and vegetables slowly cooked in water or broth

pot-girl
  • Archaic
9.9

A woman who works in an inn serving customers and cleaning pots

tin-pot business
  • Offensive
7.5

A small, badly run company that seems unimportant

8.5

A small cruel government that controls people and seems foolish

8.4

An unimportant suggestion that people do not take seriously

tin-pot operation
  • Offensive
7.9

A small badly run business or group that seems unimportant

How Large

jackpot
90 3.7
pot
  • Jargon
121 3.2
kitty
22 4.9

Surface Forms

pot singular
pots plural

Etymology

Pot for the money in a game comes from the same picture: players put their bets into a shared 'pot', and the word then grew to mean the total money to win. So the pot is the pool of chips or cash everyone is trying to take.